How about trying a 'sudo touch /sw/bin/zcmp' to create the file before retrying the update?
-- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Levitated Dipole Experiment MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Alexander Meier wrote: > hi I just did a fink selfupdate and encountered the following error: > > The following package will be installed or updated: > gzip > dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin- > powerpc/base/gzip_1.2.4a-6_darwin-powerpc.deb > Reading version > This is Mac OS X 10.1.3 > (Reading database ... 31239 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace gzip 1.2.4a-5 (using > .../gzip_1.2.4a-6_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > install-info: deleting entry `* Gzip: (gzip) ...' > Unpacking replacement gzip ... > dpkg: error processing /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin- > powerpc/base/gzip_1.2.4a-6_darwin-powerpc.deb (--install): > unable to make backup link of `./sw/bin/zcmp' before installing new > version: No such file or directory > * Gzip: (gzip). The the GNU `gzip' command for compressing > files. > install-info: no section specified for new entry, placing at end > Errors were encountered while processing: > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin- > powerpc/base/gzip_1.2.4a-6_darwin-powerpc.deb > ### dpkg failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't install package gzip-1.2.4a-6 > > what can I do to correct this? > > thanks alex > > > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
